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Make this the Year of the RAT: level up your use of technology Photo by: Geoff R under a CC license How are you using technology with your students? Tell us below or tweet @learnquebec. A new year – I like taking time to take stock of where I am in life. An area of interest for me has always been the use of technology in the classroom. Using technology is not about jumping on a bandwagon. Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition At the substitution level, technology is used for a task that could be done without it. At the augmentation level, there is an added benefit. At the modification level, the tasks begin to change with the use of technology. At the redefinition level, the tasks are completely different – students may create documentary videos, collaborate on projects with other students around the world. You can learn more about SAMR in this video. Image from Openclipart by qubodup I recently came across another way of assessing technology use which uses the acronym RAT – it is a simpler version of the SAMR model.
The RAT, SAMr, Transformative Technology, & Occam's Razor - Digital Literacy Dover Digital technologies are all well and good, but if we're going to use these, can we at least make sure we are actually changing what is possible to achieve? For our students to learn? Probably the single greatest challenge in my role is to encourage ICT use that does not make the mistake of just replacing or substituting pixels for pages. Replace, Amplify, Transform*—that's it. SAMR is almost impossible to pronounce, in English anyway, and while it's simpler than most, it can be simpler, without, I believe, losing anything that is crucial. But don't take my word, take Michael Fullan's: Many of the innovations, particularly those that provide online content and learning materials, use basic pedagogy – most often in the form of introducing concepts by video instruction and following up with a series of progression exercises and tests. The RAT (or TAR if you prefer) I'd describe what RAT means, except that, well, there's no need—that's the beauty of it, it's obvious (if you speak English).
pr0tean: SAMMS Interthinking, Interaction & the Internet Possibly one of the most exciting applications of digital technology in education are the kinds of activities that encourage the unique ‘peer to peer’ interactions between students, and/or the teacher, provided by a shared online space, a forum, a ‘wiki’ to use the term in it’s most fundamental sense: “wi·ki noun a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users. (Google) “[A wiki] differs from a blog or most other such systems in that the content is created without any defined owner or leader, and wikis have little implicit structure, allowing structure to emerge according to the needs of the users.” There are many platforms you can use for this, for us as a GAPPS school, Google Sites provide a 'wiki' environment that works magnificently. All you need is a good question... “Mainly by using spoken language, people are able to think creatively and productively together. p 63 p89
The RAT Model – Instructional Design By Kelly RAT is a framework that can be used by teachers to develop lesson plans in their classroom that allows the iPads, laptops, and other forms of technology that students are given or bring into class with them as learning tools, and not just distractions that occasionally have a useful function. As technology continues to grow and improve, so must we as educators. RAT allows us to evaluate and determine the usefulness of our current lesson plans as they relate to the ISTE standards and can help to motivate us to improve them so that learning is relevant, fun, and exciting for our students! So…What IS RAT? RAT is a framework that is similar to the more well-known framework, SAMR, but a little simpler. Where are you in RAT? After looking over the image, you should have a pretty good idea of what the acronym stands for. Replacement: Are your lessons just taking some form of technology and replacing it for the paper and pencil or chalk and chalkboard? Amplification: Transformation: Kelly Like this:
10 Things Your Students Should Know About Their Digital Footprints Building a digital legacy is an issue I believe doesn’t garner enough attention in our personal and professional lives. In fact, some of the heaviest users of online tools and social media, are our young students, who are growing up as a generation of visual learners and visual attention seekers. This is in fact the Facebook and YouTube generation, and the reality is that many teens are unconcerned about the dangers of sharing personal information online. A highly respected education advocate, Kevin Honeycutt, once asked me if any of us from our generation (GenX and before), had ever made a mistake in puberty. The reality is that our mistakes from puberty are not “Googleable”. With that in mind, I have developed some important facts and opinions that our students should be completely aware of as they live in their digital world, creating digital footprints along the way. If you’re look for ideas to help make yourself or your staff better through... 1.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.) 9.) 10.)
7000+ Free Powerpoint Templates PPT and Free PowerPoint Backgrounds Free PowerPoint Templates for Teachers and Students We've all seen plenty of poorly designed slides that have harsh color schemes, fonts that are too small, or otherwise just don't look quite right. Fortunately, there is help for those of us who struggle with visual design. Sites like SlideModel, SlideHunter, and FPPT offer slide design templates that we can use in PowerPoint, OpenOffice Impress, and Google Slides. SlideHunter is a free website containing a collection of free slide decks. These slides can be downloaded then imported into PowerPoint, OpenOffice Impress, or Google Slides. Pro tip for Google Slides users, you can import all of the slides or select just the ones that have the layout you want. FPPT is another site that offers free PowerPoint templates for teachers and students. SlideModel is a website that offers professionally designed PowerPoint slide templates. Disclosure: SlideModel is currently an advertiser on FreeTech4Teachers.com
65 Free Interactive Whiteboard Resources Interactive whiteboard resources are a great way for teachers to engage classrooms in learning. While many teachers are spending hours a day creating their own activities for their interactive whiteboards, there are tons of free sources to help teachers learn about and use IWBs with students to further their use of technology in the classroom. Here is a list of some great interactive whiteboard resources and activities guaranteed to stimulate learning: General Interactive Whiteboard Resources for Teachers TeacherLED – TeacherLED is a site dedicated to making the use of Interactive Whiteboards (IWB) easier and more productive. This comprehensive site features resources to use with IWBs in math, English, and geometry. With many kids at home due to COVID-19, maintaining the same level of physical... The recent ongoing pandemic has schools reimagining how they celebrate their... With the school year coming to a close, providing closure for students is... Interactive Whiteboard Games & Activities
Bloom's taxonomy Bloom's wheel, according to the Bloom's verbs and matching assessment types. The verbs are intended to be feasible and measurable. Bloom's taxonomy is a classification of learning objectives within education. Bloom's taxonomy refers to a classification of the different objectives that educators set for students (learning objectives). Bloom's taxonomy is considered to be a foundational and essential element within the education community. History[edit] Although named after Bloom, the publication of Taxonomy of Educational Objectives followed a series of conferences from 1949 to 1953, which were designed to improve communication between educators on the design of curricula and examinations. The first volume of the taxonomy, "Handbook I: Cognitive" (Bloom et al. 1956) was published in 1956. Cognitive[edit] Skills in the cognitive domain revolve around knowledge, comprehension, and critical thinking on a particular topic. Knowledge[edit] Comprehension[edit] TranslationInterpretationExtrapolation